[Squeakland] OS X startup and how to get a new morph badge

[Shannon Pekary]

Thanks for the help Ned.

I used the standard installer a while back, and I think I got the same 
results you did.

However, I just did the following in OS 10.2.6 with IE:
Go to download page from main page, got the Download OS 7.6 and above 
page,
Clicked Other Downloads
Downloaded the Jaguar .sit file. It expanded into the SqueakPlugin.pkg 
file.
Double clicked the .pkg

Error: The Installer Package SqueakPlugin could not be opened.

Could not find the Bill of Materials for this package.

I then opened the package and found an Archive.pax.gz file. Apparently 
this package had the pax file compressed. This may or may not get 
decompressed by stuffit, depending on settings I believe. I 
decompressed it and was able to start the installer.

After installing, double clicking the Squeak 3.0 icon started squeak 
offline just fine. Strange that we are having such different 
experiences, and myself too with different machines.

The other Macs I tried before have multiple users, and some accounts 
are hosted on a Mac Server. It would be really nice if Squeak worked 
from the System Library instead of the User Library so that I only need 
to install it once on each Mac. This problem makes it very tedious to 
install Squeak in a Mac school environment. I wonder why it doesn't 
work.

I will try your instructions on the other Macs I am having trouble with 
later.

Thanks,

Shannon


On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 10:04  AM, Ned Konz wrote:

> On Friday 19 September 2003 01:47 pm, Shannon Pekary wrote:
>> I am a new squeak user, but experienced programmer. I got through
>> the car driving demo with my kids, but I was really frustrated
>> getting to the point where they could just squeak.
>
> How did you install Squeak? I assume that since you're asking on the
> Squeakland list that you installed the Squeakland installer, but I'm
> not sure from your questions.
>
> The easiest way to install the Squeakland image and VM and plugin is
> to go to http://squeakland.org/plugin/installers/mac-x-std.html and
> install the appropriate plugin.
>
> This will download a .sit file. When you click on the expanded version
> (which is called SqueakPlugin.pkg despite the instructions referring
> to it as SqueakPluginInstaller) you will get an installer.
>
> Since I need to install Squeak on a couple of Mac OS X machines, I'll
> try this and see if it works...
>
> OK, from Safari I did the download, and got the .sit and the .pkg file
> on my desktop.
>
> Then I clicked on the .pkg file and went through the installer.
>
> Then I clicked in the browser to test it and it didn't work. So I quit
> Safari.
>
> There's an alias on my desktop now that says "Squeak 3.0". I clicked
> on it and nothing happened.
>
> Ok...
>
> Select the alias, command-R to show the original (which is the
> SqueakPlugin.image).
>
> command-I to get info on the image.
>
> expand the 'Open with:' tab, and it shows nothing to open it with.
> Drop down the list and choose 'Squeak 3.0'. Also hit the 'Change
> All...' button. Had to choose 'Squeak 3.0' again after that. I guess
> I should have closed the setting dialog? Anyway, now the alias opens
> Squeak locally.
>
> (Curious: Why is it called 'Squeak 3.0' when the plugin image is
> derived from Squeak 3.2?)
>
> Let's try it in a browser (using the 'when you're finished click here'
> link from the Squeakland installer page).
>
> Safari 1.0 (v85) ... nope. Just see a bit of the splash in a
> rectangle.
>
> Mozilla Firebird 0.6.1 ... nope. See a black rectangle with a spinning
> beach ball. Had to force quit (Cmd-Option-Escape, I just found out).
>
> M$ Internet Explorer 5.2 ... Interesting. For some reason, the
> installer page on Squeakland leads me to the 'Download Squeak for Mac
> OS 7.6 or higher' page instead of the Mac OS X page.
>
> Anyway, trying the 'click here' link there shows me the desired
> 'Welcome to Squeakland!'. I could then go to the tutorials.
>
> When you start the Squeak plugin image inside a browser, it will offer
> to load updates automatically. When you start it locally, it doesn't.
>
> So I started locally.
>
> You can open a desktop menu using the Escape key. Then choose 'help',
> 'load updates from server'.
>
> I got 'loaded 41 update files' after some network activity.
>
> Escape key, 'save and quit'.
>
> Now I have a local shortcut that will start the Squeak Plugin image.
>
>> 2) I am trying to figure out how to turn on sharing of desktops in
>> an intranet environment. The squeak.org site FAQ says to choose  a
>> new badge from the new morph/experimental menu. "experimental" is
>> not a choice on my new morph menu. Any other ideas?
>
> Get an Object Catalog from Supplies or from the World Menu/Objects.
>
> Go to the 'Collaborative' tab (the FAQ needs to be edited), drag out a
> badge. Enter your name. Drag out a Listener, click on the black
> semicircle (which used to pop up Mickey Mouse (TM) ears but no longer
> does for some reason <g>).
>
> Repeat from another machine.
>
> Pull out another badge and set its IP address to the first machine.
> Now you can interact.
>
> -- 
> Ned Konz
> http://bike-nomad.com
> GPG key ID: BEEA7EFE
>
>
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